Blank slate

The natural state of the human when we are born is to be ourselves. There are instincts and a personality present very early on which if allowed to flourish give that individual a sense of self and a value to others. Unfortunately life also exposes each person to forces which threaten that unique spirit and have it be extinguished. We can spend years repairing damage done in childhood and only find our way back to a new starting point once we have built up sufficient immunity to stupidity and society's incessant celebration of the banal.

Our challenge to ourselves is to live each day with openness of spirit and kindness. We try to look past the aggression of other people towards us as a reflection of their own wounds suffered at the hands of others.

The world makes up artificial rules which people must abide by regardless of their basis in logic and we digest them because everyone else seems to have as well and so we don't dare stand out because of it.

In a sense we want to go back to that original soul who was born a blank slate and had nothing against anyone because they had no reason to.